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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Getting caught up before Christmas was advantageous for me. I came home from our holiday celebration with only one client quilt remaining! I really dislike having a backlog and try to finish quilts as I receive them. I finished the remaining quilt and also received a really cute table runner to quilt for a friend at church. I only took a picture of a portion of it–don’t you just love her turkey?

Woooo Hoooo!! Now I had a little time to work on my own quilts. I pulled out a UFO. I have started and stopped this one more times than I can remember. The main blocks were a piece of cake. The blocks on the sides and in the corners slowed me down–I didn’t feel like doing the math. When I pulled it out this time all that was left were the borders. Borders are not my favorite thing to do–which is why it was sitting. After finishing the borders I loaded it on the longarm and started quilting. I LOVE how it turned out!

This is an original design and after I make it one more time in a different colorway I will be writing a pattern for it. (Stay tuned!)

[If you like this pattern and would like to test it for me, let me know]

By this time it was February and Valentine’s Day was on the horizon. My mom’s birthday is also a few days after Valentine’s Day so I decided to quilt one of her quilts that was sitting on the shelf. It is made with a line of Northcott’s Stonehenge. Mom thinks that I designed this one but I honestly can’t remember and will have to wait until I’m at her house next time to look at my notes. If it is my design, I’ll also write this pattern. I quilted it with sweet little ribbon hearts.

[If you like this pattern and would like to test it for me, let me know]

And then my moment of insanity! I decided to make a dress for my granddaughter’s American Girl Doll. How hard could it be? I’ve made plenty of garments–this would just be on a little smaller scale. I clearly didn’t think this through completely! Still, it turned out nicely and she couldn’t be more thrilled!

There’s more, but I’ll get a little further on in the process before I show my current project–it’s a doozie!